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Emyn Muil - Afar Angathfark

 

Do you like epic fantasy tabletop role playing games? Do you like the sort of metal that sounds like fight scene background music in Dark Souls or Skyrim? Would you like to make your next RPG session A E S T H E T I C ?

Well then, have I got an album for you. Sitting firmly in the "Background to Cool Shit Happening" genre is this weird balancing act between Epic Black Metal, Tolkien Metal (yes it's a thing, go look it up) and Dungeon Synth.

I have a real soft spot for dungeon synth / dark ambient crossed with pretty much any other genre, so this is totally cool to me. I am not usually an epic fantasy kind of guy, preferring the GRIMDARK aesthetic myself, but there is no denying the awesome bardic power of this album.

I kind of want a throwback 3.5 rules AD&D game now, just so I have yet another reason to play this album every week.


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